SED 529: Creative and Comprehensive Assessment of Secondary Students

Section: 41E
COURSE SYLLABUS: Summer I
Instructor:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Office Phone:
Office Fax:
Email Address:

Mark J. Reid, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Commerce Campus Sower Education South #217

Before or after Metroplex class sessions by appointment
903.886.5534
903.886.5581
mark.reid@tamuc.edu
COURSE INFORMATION

Materials Textbooks, Readings, Supplementary Readings:

Textbook(s) Required:

Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know, 6th edition

W. James Popham, Professor Emeritus, University of California - Los Angeles
ISBN-10: 0137002335
ISBN-13: 9780137002337

Course Description:
Focuses on formal and informal assessment strategies to be used by teachers
of secondary students. Topics will include reliability, validity, bias,
performance assessment, portfolios, affective assessment, standardized test
score interpretation, and formative assessment. Particular attention will be
given to practical applications of the assessment of learners within a particular
classroom setting and curricular context.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcome #1: The learner will be an active and engaged participant
in small group, and class discussions by analyzing, constructing/creating, and
evaluating information presented within the textbook, external
readings/resources, student research, and class activities.
Learning Outcome #2: The learner will identify historical landmark events
which contributed to the development of today's testing and assessment
environment in schools.

Learning Outcome #3: The learner will list and discuss features of the
Saber-Tooth Curriculum which compares with features of today's schools.
Learning Outcome #4: The learner will prepare a paper/project related to
assessment and present this information to the class.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Instructional Methods
Students will experience many types of instructional strategies - many of
which focus on a student centered approach, for example, Jigsaw. Discussion
on the strategies of how they are being used and how to implement them in
the K-12 environment.
Activities/Assessments
Weekly Assignments (e.g. reading reflections, current events)

10 points each

Online postings on readings for each class

25

Mid-term Exam

100

Project/Paper

75

Presentation of Project/Paper

25

Focus Activities/F2F Participation/Exit Activity

20

Other assignments, quizzes, etc.

various points

Note: the project/presentation will serve as the final exam

Final Grades will be determined based on the following percentages:
90 100 % = A
80 89 % = B
70 79 % = C
60 69 % = D
Below %59 = F
Descriptions of Assignments:
Weekly Assignments: These tasks will carry us from week to week and will be
related to the reading we are doing or topics we are discussing. They include
reflective papers on readings, current events, and other things like minipresentations.

Mid-term Exam: The only exam we will have will be largely short answer/essay
over the concepts covered in the first half of the semester.
Project/Paper: You will propose a project or topic for a 3 to 5 page paper on a
topic/activity related to assessment.
Presentation of Project/Presentation: The only requirement for these 10 to 20
minute presentations is that the important points are presented visually with
PowerPoint, handouts, etc.
Note: Additional assignments or revisions to assignments may occur during the semester. Also, late
work will not receive credit, however, ALL work must be completed (late or not) in order to receive an
A.
For ONE late assignment for the semester students may appeal to the instructor after the final exam
for reinstatement of the points for that assignment. The appeal should be made within two days of the
final exam and must be done before course grades have to be submitted to the university.

Grading
The final course grade will be determined by adding the points earned and dividing
that total by the total possible points. This percentage will be compared to the
scale below.
100% - 90% = A
89% - 80% = B
79% - 70% = C
69% - 60% = D
59% or below = F

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
The following information has been provided to assist you in preparing to use
technology successfully in this course. In terms of technology you will need:
- Internet access/connection high speed recommended (not dial-up) - Note: you
must be able to access the university library databases
- Word Processor (i.e. MS Word or Word Perfect)

COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT

Interaction with Instructor Statement:
Use the telephones numbers and email address to communicate with me
outside of class sessions.
If you have a webcam and microphone and a free Skype account you can
contact me via a video call over the internet my Skype user name is
markjreid

COURSE AND UNIVERSITY PROCEDURES/POLICIES

Course Specific Procedures:
Academic Honesty Policy
Texas A&M University-Commerce does not tolerate plagiarism and other forms of
academic dishonesty. Conduct that violates generally accepted standards of
academic honesty is defined as academic dishonesty. "Academic dishonesty"
includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism (the appropriation or stealing of the ideas
or words of another and passing them off as one's own), cheating on exams or
other course assignments, collusion (the unauthorized collaboration with others in
preparing course assignments), and abuse (destruction, defacing, or removal) of
resource material. Plagiarized assignments will receive no credit.
See http://www.plagiarism.org/ for more details about how to avoid plagiarism.
University Specific Procedures:
ADA Statement
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute
that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities.
Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be
guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of
their disabilities. If you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please
contact:
Office of Student Disability Resources and Services
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Gee Library 132
Phone (903) 886-5150 or (903) 886-5835
Fax (903) 468-8148
StudentDisabilityServices@tamu-commerce.edu
Student Disability Resources & Services
Student Conduct
All students enrolled at the University shall follow the tenets of common
decency and acceptable behavior conducive to a positive learning
environment. (See Code of Student Conduct from Student Guide Handbook).
Attendance Policy:
As per University Policy B-19: Students are expected to be present for all
class meetings for any course in which they are enrolled. Students are
responsible for learning about and complying with the attendance policy stated
in the catalog, Student's Guidebook, and/or faculty syllabus. Students will be

allowed to make up missed work if the absence is determined excused by the

instructor. "Faculty members may recommend to the appropriate
college dean that a student be dropped from a course when unexcused
absences reach approximately 20%" (3 classes of 513) "of total
scheduled class meetings for the term."

COURSE OUTLINE / CALENDAR

See Course Requirements for a list of course assignments. See Calendar
attached at the end of this Syllabus.

SED 529: Assessment Calendar Summer I 2012

Note: See List of Assignments Link for a list of assignments for each class
Sunday

Monday

Tuesday
June 4

June 5

F2F Class
Due: Initial
Postings for Ch
1&2

June 10

June 11

Due:
Responses
for Ch 1 &
2

June 12

F2F Class
Due: Initial
Postings for Ch
5,6, & 7

June 17

June 18

Due:
Responses
for Ch 5,6,
&7

June 19

F2F Class
Due: Initial
Postings for Ch
10 & 11

Due:
Responses
for Ch 10 &
11

Wednesday
June 6

Online: Ch
3&4
Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 1 & 2
June 13

Online: Ch
3&4
Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 5,6, & 7
June 20

Online: Ch
13 &
Midterm
Exam

Thursday
June 7

Due: Initial
Postings Ch
3&4

June 14

Due: Initial
Postings Ch
8&9

June 21

Due: Initial
Postings Ch
13

Friday
June 8

Due:
Responses
for Ch 1 &
2

June 15

Due:
Responses
for Ch 8 &
9

June 22

Due:
Responses
for Ch 13

Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 10 & 11
June 24

June 25

June 26

F2F Class
Due: Initial
Postings for Ch
12 & 14

July 1

July 2

F2F Class

Presentations

Due:
Responses
for Ch 12 &
14

July 3

June 27

Online: Ch
15
Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 12 & 15
July 4

No Online
Session
Happy 4th!

Saturday
June 9

Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 1 & 2

June 16

Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 8 & 9

June 23

Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 13
Due:
Midterm
Exam

June 28

Due: Initial
Postings Ch
15

July 5

June 29

Due:
Responses
for Ch 15

June 30

Due:
Replies to
Responses
Ch 15